Xeon X5260 vs Core 2 Quad Q9450

Place in the ranking	2218	2615
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Server
Power efficiency	1.37	0.92
Architecture codename	Yorkfield (2007−2009)	no data
Release date	March 2008 (16 years ago)	1 October 2007 (17 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Quad Q9450 and Xeon X5260 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	4 (Quad-Core)	no data
Threads	4	no data
Base clock speed	2.66 GHz	3.33 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.67 GHz	no data
Bus rate	1333 MHz	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	12 MB (shared)	no data
L3 cache	0 KB	6 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography	45 nm	45 nm
Die size	2x 107 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	66 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	71 °C	no data
Number of transistors	820 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	0.85V-1.3625V	0.85V-1.35V

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Quad Q9450 and Xeon X5260 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	no data
Socket	LGA775	LGA771
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	80 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Quad Q9450 and Xeon X5260. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Demand Based Switching	-	+
FSB parity	+	-

Security technologies

Core 2 Quad Q9450 and Xeon X5260 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	-
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Quad Q9450 and Xeon X5260 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Quad Q9450 and Xeon X5260. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Core 2 Quad Q9450 1.43
+76.5%

Xeon X5260 0.81

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Core 2 Quad Q9450 2186
+76.6%

Xeon X5260 1238